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Command: console
The terraform console command provides an interactive console for
evaluating expressions.
Usage
Usage: terraform console [options]
This command provides an interactive command-line console for evaluating and experimenting with expressions. This is useful for testing interpolations before using them in configurations, and for interacting with any values currently saved in state.
If the current state is empty or has not yet been created, the console can be used to experiment with the expression syntax and built-in functions.
You can close the console with the exit command or by pressing Control-C
or Control-D.
For configurations using
the local backend only,
terraform console accepts the legacy command line option
-state.
Scripting
The terraform console command can be used in non-interactive scripts
by piping newline-separated commands to it. Only the output from the
final command is printed unless an error occurs earlier.
For example:
$ echo "1 + 5" | terraform console
6
Remote State
If remote state is used by the current backend, Terraform will read the state for the current workspace from the backend before evaluating any expressions.